Porter Creek Centre

Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada.[1] It was created in 2002 out of the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Porter Creek South. It encompasses the Whitehorse subdivision of Whistle Bend and part of the subdivision of Porter Creek. It is bordered by the ridings of Porter Creek South, Porter Creek North, and Riverdale North.

Porter Creek Centre

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Porter Creek Centre in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Paolo Gallina Liberal
First contested	2002
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors (2016)	1,308
Census subdivisions	Porter Creek, Whistle Bend

The current MLA of Porter Creek Centre is Paolo Gallina of the Yukon Liberal Party, who was elected on November 7, 2016. Porter Creek Centre is the former riding of Yukon's 11th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, David Laxton.

MLAs

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
2002	2002–2006		Archie Lang	Yukon Party
2006	2006–2011
2011	2011–2016		David Laxton	Yukon Party
	2016			Independent
2016	2016–present		Paolo Gallina	Liberal

Election results

2016 general election

2016 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Paolo Gallina	452	43.3%	+11.7%
	Yukon Party	Michelle Kolla	379	36.3%	-2.5%
	NDP	Pat Berrel	213	20.4%	-9.3%
Total			1044	100.0%

2011 general election

2011 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	David Laxton	298	38.5%	-8.8%
	Liberal	Kerry Huff[2]	245	31.6%	+0.8%
	NDP	Jean-François Des Lauriers	230	29.7%	+7.8%
Total			773	100.0%	–

2006 general election

2006 Yukon general election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Archie Lang	344	47.3%	-4.3%
	Liberal	David Laxton	224	30.8%	-9.5%
	NDP	Kate White	159	21.9%	+13.8%
Total			727	100.0%	–

2002 general election

2002 Yukon general election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Archie Lang	399	51.6%	–
	Liberal	Scott Kent	312	40.3%	–
	NDP	Judi Johnny	63	8.1%	–
Total			774	100.0%	–

References

1. Yukon Votes 2006 District Profiles, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2006, retrieved 25 September 2010
2. "Kerry Huff Acclaimed as Porter Creek Centre Candidate". Yukon Liberal Party. October 28, 2010. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
3. McElheran, Graeme (6 October 2006). "NDP and Libs hope to tilt Porter Creek left". Yukon News. Whitehorse. Retrieved 25 September 2010.